1 John 5:12
He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
In Context
11The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Cross References
Mark 16:16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
John 3:15that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 5:24“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
1 John 2:23Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:11-14
The Believer's Privilege. ( a. d. 80.) 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have… Read the whole commentary →